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Genus: Eriovixia Archer, 1951 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Eriovixia nox (Simon, 1877)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015069

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Described:

Distribution: India, Myanmar, China (Hainan), Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Moluccas)

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Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2f (3768) - (Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026)
Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy 5f of Epeira pilula - (Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026)
Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan f (4444) of Eriovixia sakiedaorum - (Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 2m 1f (4445-4447) of Eriovixia sakiedaorum - (Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Epeira nox Simon, 1877b: 77 (Df) Original description

Epeira pilula Thorell, 1877b: 388 (Df; specific epithet is a noun) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060068]

Epeira nox Simon, 1880l: 15 (S of Epeira pilula)

Araneus nox Simon, 1905c: 62

Aranea nox Strand, 1907k: 177 (S of Aranea noxella)

Aranea noxella Strand, 1907k: 178 (f, invalid provisional name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067193]

Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 1999a: 45, f. 11-17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015903]

Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 2007c: 91, f. 286-288, 751-753 (mf)

Eriovixia sakiedaorum Tanikawa, 2009: 461, f. 322-324 (mf)

Eriovixia sakiedaorum Han & Zhu, 2010b: 2629, f. 4B-C, 13A-E (mf)

Eriovixia sakiedaorum Asalatha & Prasadan, 2019: 169, f. 2a-b (f)

Eriovixia nox Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026: 188, f. 1A-H, 2A-D, 3A-L, 4A-H, 5 (f, T from Araneus, S of Eriovixia sakiedaorum)

References

Asalatha, P. & Prasadan, P. K. (2019). Two new records of genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951 (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Western Ghats, Wayanad region. Serket 16(4): 166-169. -- Show included taxa

Han, G. X. & Zhu, M. S. (2010b). Taxonomy and biogeography of the spider genus Eriovixia (Araneae: Araneidae) from Hainan Island, China. Journal of Natural History 44(43-44): 2609-2635. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2010.507315 -- Show included taxa

Joseph, M. M., Ashwin, G. & Shenoy, J. C. (2026). Notes on the identity of the orb-weaver spider Araneus nox Simon, 1877 (Araneae: Araneidae) from India, including its transfer to Eriovixia Archer, 1951 and one new synonymy. Zootaxa 5837(1): 187-194. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5837.1.11 ZooBank: 3ACB1771-A972-4333-BE00-0E2D7BF74C8F -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1877b). Etudes arachnologiques. 5e Mémoire. IX. Arachnides recueillis aux îles Philippines par MM. G.-A Baer et Laglaise. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 7: 53-96, pl. 3. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880l). Synonymie de plusieurs espèces d'Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 10(Bull.): 115-116. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1905c). Arachnides de Java, recueillis par le Prof. K. Kraepelin en 1904. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 49-73. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907k). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 25: 107-215. -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (1999a). Japanese spiders of the genus Eriovixia (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 48(1): 41-48. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.48.41 -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (2007c). An identification guide to the Japanese spiders of the families Araneidae, Nephilidae and Tetragnathidae. Arachnological Society of Japan, 121 pp. -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (2009). Hersiliidae. Nephilidae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 149, 403-463. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877b). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341-637. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-06-22	Type repository inserted	Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026
2026-06-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026
2026-06-22	Species transferred to new genus	Joseph, Ashwin & Shenoy, 2026	Species transferred from Araneus Clerck, 1757 to Eriovixia Archer, 1951